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单词 monkey gland
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monkey glandn.

Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ ɡland/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌɡlænd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., gland n.2
Etymology: < monkey n. + gland n.2For the origin of the transferred application in cookery ( Compounds) compare the following:2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. French chefs were imported [to the Empire Exhibition held in Johannesburg in 1936–7] to lavish their talents on the culinary Philistines of the very young city, but they were utterly disgusted by the locals, who topped everything with tomato and Worcestershire sauces. As a tongue-in-cheek insult, they concocted a sauce by mixing Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, HP sauce and chutney, and called it monkey gland sauce.
A testicle from a monkey or ape used as a possible means of rejuvenation, either by being grafted on to a man, or by the injection of an extract. Frequently in plural. Also attributive (allusively).Before the use of monkey testicles was popularized by Serge Voronoff (1866–1951) in books such as Rejuvenation by Grafting (1925) and The Study of Old Age & My Method of Rejuvenation (1926), the technique of organotherapy had been practised in the 19th cent. using guinea pig and dog testicles.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > a transplant or graft > of specific organ
monkey gland1919
1919 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 16 Oct. 8/4 ‘What would you do if you were young again?’.. ‘How could I tell?’ the aged man replied... ‘Say, do you really mean that about this monkey gland business?’
1921 Life 30 June 950 ‘The Whirl of New York’ is the old-time ‘The Belle of New York’ after an application of monkey-glands.
1922 Chicago Tribune 20 June 4/5 Dr. Serge Voronoff's monkey gland experiments have led to the startling discovery that apparently it is possible to transplant all the vital organs of a chimpanzee to humans.
1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xix Fortified..against old age by..weekly doses of monkey gland.
1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xx Which is the healthier mind? the saintly mind or the monkey gland mind?
1929 Encycl. Brit. XI. 747/2 The grafting into men of testicles from apes (the so-called ‘monkey glands’) has been practised by Voronoff and others with resulting rejuvenation.
1971 R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iv. 72 Stop talking like Noel Coward after a shot of monkey glands!
1987 T. Harrison Sel. Poems (ed. 2) 43 Here I'm getting younger and I don't need monkey glands.
1996 Economist 9 Mar. 125/2 The search for eternal youth has attracted not only crackpots and monkey-gland charlatans.

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monkey gland sauce n. South African a sauce based on Worcestershire sauce and tomato sauce and often containing onions, peppers, and chutney.
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1984 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Oct. 1/5 New Product News discovers, in South African supermarkets, Mac's Monkey Gland Sauce for Steak.
1985 J. Lelyveld Move your Shadow ii. 49 Slabs of beef, with an optional spicy ooze known as monkey gland sauce, on nearly every plate.
1996 Oxf. Times 12 July (Leisure) 2 Authentic droewors and biltong..and the delightfully-named Monkey Gland Sauce which, fortunately, has nothing to do with monkeys!
2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 12 Nov. A chunk of rump roasted whole and served with monkey gland sauce made with a variety of peppers.
monkey gland steak n. South African a dish of steak with monkey gland sauce.
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1949 Los Angeles Times 11 Aug. i. 11/1 The Monkey Gland Steak..turned out to be a beautiful cut of beef, smothered in a rich sauce compounded of wines, tomatoes, mustard, and half a hundred other things.
1968 E. Campbell Encycl. World Cookery 366 Monkey gland steak. 1 lb. rump steak. 3 tablespoons vinegar. 3 tablespoons tomato sauce. 3 tablespoons Worcester sauce. 1 onion,..1/2 teaspoon mustard.
2002 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 28 Feb. The more traditional dishes like cottage pie, the classic monkey gland and pepper steaks, leg of lamb and..spare ribs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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